Attakathi Dinesh

Dinesh Ravi, best known by his stage name Attakathi Dinesh, is an Indian film actor who has acted in leading roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing the lead role in Attakathi (2012), portraying Dinakaran.

Attakathi Dinesh
Born	Dinesh Ravi Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Attakathi Dinesh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006 - present

Career

Dinesh completed his high school at the Dhanalakshmi Higher Secondary School in Washermenpet, Chennai. After graduating from college, he tried his luck in acting from 2010. He acted in the Vijay TV "Kadhalika Neramilai" serial after sakthi's death. After playing the son to actress Seetha in the Sun TV series Penn and minor roles in Aadukalam and Mouna Guru, Dinesh made a breakthrough appearing in Attakathi (2012). The film performed well commercially and also won positive reviews, with a critic from Rediff.com noting "he's an actor of great promise". Similarly a critic from Sify.com noted Dinesh "diverts your attention from the film's little flaws and spellbinds you with an endearing act that is Attakathi’s biggest strength", adding that "Dinesh has come out with easily one of this year's most confident and assured performances."[1]

After cameo appearances in Ethir Neechal and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum, he was seen in a lead role again in Cuckoo produced by Fox Star Studios. His performance as a visually challenged man was praised by critics. Sify wrote "the film belongs to Dinesh, who has come out with a riveting performance" and called it "the best ever blind act since Kamal Haasan's Raja Paarvai. IANS, too, compared Dinesh to actor Kamal Haasan, stating "Dinesh is probably the next Kamal Haasan of the industry".[2] Rediff wrote, "Dinesh has given a performance of the lifetime, his character is such a unique blend of vulnerability and defiance that every scene is worthy of praise" [3] and The Times of India felt that he was "superbly natural as Tamizh".[4] He was next seen in Thirudan Police directed by debutant Caarthick Raju.

His first 2015 release was Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum. Dinesh starred in the movie Visaranai based the novel Lock Up by M. Chadrakumar. The film premiered in the Orrizonti (Horizons) section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival, where it won the Amnesty International Italia Award. At the 63rd National Film Awards, the film won three honours: Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actor for Samuthirakani and Best Editing for Kishore Te. Also it received highly positive reviews from both critics and audience alike. Dinesh played a supporting character in the film Kabali alongside Rajinikanth. His future projects include Vaaraayo Vennilaave, Ulkuthu.[5]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	E	Parthiban
2007	Evano Oruvan
2011	Aadukalam	Dinesh
2011	Mouna Guru	Principal's Son
2012	Attakathi	Dinakaran (Attakathi)	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
2013	Ethir Neechal	Dinakaran	Cameo appearance
2014	Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	The narrator	Cameo appearance
	Cuckoo	Tamizh	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Actor
	Thirudan Police	Viswa
2015	Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum	Mukil
2016	Visaranai	Paandi
	Oru Naal Koothu	Rajkumar
	Kabali	Jeeva
2017	Ulkuthu	Raja
2018	Merlin	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Annanukku Jai	Matta Sekar
	Kalavani Mappillai	Deva
2019	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	Selvam
2020	Vaaraayo Vennilaave		Delayed
	Pallu Padama Paathuka		Filming
	Naanum Single Thaan		filming

Television

Year	Serial Name	Role	Start Date	End Date	No. of Episodes	Director	Channel
2006	Penn	Karthik	27-02-2006	24-11-2006	195	C. J. Bhaskar	Sun TV
2007	Kadhalikka Neramillai	Santhanam	26-11-2007	2008	155+	Ravi Raja	STAR Vijay

References

1. "Movie Review : Attakathi". Sify. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
2. Pudipeddi, Haricharan (22 March 2014). "'Cuckoo' - Blinded By Love". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
3. "Review: Cuckoo is brilliant". rediff movies. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
4. "Cuckoo Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
5. "IndiaGlitz - Hifive for Attakathi Dinesh - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

External links

• Attakathi Dinesh on IMDb